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A woman smiles for a photo at the 'Carnaval na Central' carnival block parade, in central station, during pre-celebrations in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Feb. 2, 2013.

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A woman smiles for a photo at the 'Carnaval na Central' carnival block parade, in central station, during pre-celebrations in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Feb. 2, 2013.

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San Francisco 49er fans react as they watch Super Bowl XLVII at Gold Dust Lounge on Feb. 3, 2013 in San Francisco. The San Francisco 49ers are facing off against the Baltimore Ravens in Super Bowl XLVII at the Superdome in New Orleans, Louisana.

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Ray Lewis #52 of the Baltimore Ravens celebrates after defeating the San Francisco 49ers during Super Bowl XLVII at the Mercedes-Benz Superdome Feb. 3, 2013 in New Orleans, Louisiana.

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Swimmers race during the 2013 Cole Classic at Shelly Beach on February 3, 2013 in Manly, Australia.

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A teacher checks students chalk boards in a classroom whose majority of tables and benches were taken by Islamists, on the first day of the reopening of schools after the French bombing of Islamist targets, Feb. 4, 2013 in Gao, in the north of Mali. Schools reopened today in Gao after the town was taken Jan. 26 by French and Malian forces from Islamists who had been occupying it for the last year.

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People watch as the casket of former New York City Mayor Ed Koch is brought out by members of the New York Police Department following funeral services at Manhattan's Temple Emanu-El, Feb. 4, 2013 in New York City. The iconic former New York mayor passed away on Feb. 1 in New York City at age 88. Ed Koch was New York's 105th mayor and ran the city from 1978-89.

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Chinese people visit a lantern show celebrating for the upcoming Chinese Lunar New Year during a lantern fair at the City God Temple, Feb. 4, 2013 in Shanghai, China. Chinese Lunar New Year, or known as Spring Festival will falls, Feb. 10, 2013 which is one of the most important festivals in China.

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A Pakistani man walks through a flooded street on a rainy day in Peshawar, Pakistan, Feb. 4, 2013.

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A Syrian boy holds a bird in his hand that he said was injured in a government airstrike hit the neighborhood of Ansari, in Aleppo, Syria, Feb. 3, 2013. The Britain-based activist group Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, which opposes the regime, said government troops bombarded a building in Aleppo's rebel-held neighborhood of Eastern Ansari that killed over 10 people, including five children.

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A woman kisses her friend as they attend a protest demanding a law that guarantees any Lebanese citizen the right to a civil marriage, Beirut, Lebanon, Feb. 4, 2013. Lebanon's Sunni cleric, Grand Mufti Mohammed Rashid Kabbani, blasted the effort to "plant the germ of civil marriage in Lebanon" with a religious edict declaring any Muslim official who participated in its legalization an "apostate."